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File Number : 2435

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hungarian

Testimony of Dr. Oskar Neumann regarding the resistance of the Jews in Slovakia, 1939-1945

Testimony of Dr. Oskar Neumann regarding the resistance of the Jews in Slovakia, 1939-1945 - Occupation of Prague by the Germans, March 1939; separation of Slovakia from Czechoslovakia; creation of the independent state of Slovakia with an independent government under German influence; strong anti-Jewish attitude within the population; disconnection of the Jews from the economic life; yellow badge; preparation of deportations; dissolution of the Jewish community (approximately 17,000 members) by the police; confiscation of property, autumn 1940; - Establishment of a Judenzentrale (Jewish Center) with a...

File Number : 81

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Testimony

Language : German

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File Number : 203

Type of Material : Diary

Language : Slovak

Testimony of Emanuel Otti Menachem Noiman, born in Bardejov in 1935, about his experiences as a boy in Bardejov, Banská Bystrica, Baláže, and the forests during the Holocaust

Testimony of Emanuel Otti Menachem Noiman, born in Bardejov in 1935, about his experiences as a boy in Bardejov, Banská Bystrica, Baláže, and the forests during the Holocaust Family life in Bardejov; persecution of Jews from 1939 on; family goes into hiding; family members in hiding leave Bardejov in 1944 and split into different hideouts; witness's family stays in Banská Bystrica; Banská Bystrica liberated in the course of the Slovak uprising; Germans re-occupy the town several months later; family escapes to Baláže, which is controlled by Slovak partisans; they stay in Baláže for approx. six months;...

File Number : 12591

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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Testimony

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Transcript of the testimony of Oskar Reichenthal regarding his experiences in 1944-1945 and documentation regarding the experiences of Reichenthal family members from Slovakia and members of the Gewercman family from Poland during the Holocaust "Oskar and Edith Reichenthal during World War II. A Story of Survival": Documentation of the experiences of the Reichenthal family during the Holocaust (English translation attached), including: - Transcript of the testimony of Oskar Reichenthal, born in Merašice in 1905, regarding his participation in the Slovak uprising and his wanderings in the Tatra Mountains...

File Number : 10931

Type of Material : Birth Certificate, Identity Card, Marriage Certificate, Personal Documents, Genealogy, Memoirs, Letter

Language : Hebrew, Polish, English, Russian, German, Yiddish

Testimony of Reuven Noiman, born in 1931 in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, about hiding in the mountains, obtaining an "Aryan" document, and living under a false identity until the end of the war

Testimony

Testimony of Reuven Noiman, born in 1931 in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, about hiding in the mountains, obtaining an "Aryan" document, and living under a false identity until the end of the war Family background; father manages the Jewish National Fund account in Bratislava; life before the war; Bratislava bombarded in 1939; family moves from one apartment to another in town; witness sent to grandparents' home in Belke Visha in 1943; Slovak Uprising; mother and sister join witness in Belke Visha; hiding with other families in a castle; servant in the castle warns about approach of Germans bearing lists of...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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Testimony

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Elizabet (Hershkovitz) Marmelshtein Even, born in Ungvar, Czechoslovakia in 1930, regarding deportation to the Ungvar Ghetto, to Auschwitz, Ravensbruck and other camps

Testimony of Elizabet (Hershkovitz) Marmelshtein Even, born in Ungvar, Czechoslovakia in 1930, regarding deportation to the Ungvar Ghetto, to Auschwitz, Ravensbruck and other camps Her family's life; re-annexation of the area to Hungary in 1938; deportation of her father to forced labor in 1940; antisemitism; food rations; German occupation in 1944; wearing a yellow badge; imposition of restrictions on movement; searches of homes; deportation of the Jewish population to the Ungvar Ghetto in April 1944; demand to hand over money, valuables and jewelry; beatings; deportation to Auschwitz camp; arrival to the...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hungarian

Testimony of Hedi Reznik(Rozentzveig), born in Kezmarok, Slovakia, in 1928, regarding her experiences during her escape to Debrecen, back to Slovakia and in hiding with catholic family for a fee.

Testimony

Testimony of Hedi Reznik(Rozentzveig),born in Kezmarok,Slovakia,in 1928, regarding her experiences during her escape to Debrecen, back to Slovakia and in hiding with catholic family for a fee. Family background; small Jewish community in town; father owns 2 textile shops; German is language spoken at home; attending German and Slovakian school; antisemitism; expulsion from school; learning at home; men's enrolment into forced labour; payment of bribe for father's liberation for being "necessary for the regime"; introduction of non Jewish trustee into family business; parents'decision to send Hedi,her brother...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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